| Unit name | Soviet and Russian Cinema |
|---|---|
| Unit code | RUSS30039 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Beumers |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Russian |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit explores major developments in Russian cinema through the study of several films, viz Eisenstein: The Strike 1925 and/or Battleship Potemkin, 1925; melodrama and musical in Room, Tret'ya Meshchanskya (Bed and Sofa), 1927 and Aleksandrov, The Circus, 1936: the theme of the war (WWII and Civil War) in Kalatosov: The Cranes are Flying, 1957 or Chukhrai, Ballad of a Soldier (1959) and Mikhalkov: At Home Among Strangers, 1971; nostalgia for the past in Tarkovsky: Nostalghia 1982 and German: My Friend Ivan Lapshin 1984; and views on art and aesthetics in Balabanov: Of Freaks and Men 1998 and Muratova, Second-Rate People, 2000. The unit compares the treatment of certain themes, explores issues of genre, and places the films into the context of cultural history, production-related themes and theoretical debates.
